I am having trouble trying to program an "S" pattern along a 4 inch piece of bar stock.
The mill I am using is a 3 axis with an add-on 4th "A" axis that rotates along the X axis.
What I am trying to do is feed the endmill along X while turning the A axis forward and backwards to create an S pattern in the round bar. Is this possible?? It seems that the feeds would have to match perfectly to create the desired distance between the waves(high and low points) of the S pattern. To make it more difficult, the S pattern is not symmetrical.
Any help or ideas??
Thank you.
Randle